Total bridges
179
Public highway bridges in Orange County
County profile · official public datasets
Orange County, TX
179 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49.7% rated Good, 48% Fair, 2.2% Poor.
- 179
- Public bridges
- 49.7%
- Good condition
- 2.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Orange County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 187th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 179
- public highway bridges
- 1979
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Orange County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Orange County ranks #187 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.2%). Orange County, Texas contains 179 public highway bridges. Roughly 49.7% are rated “Good,” 48% “Fair,” and 2.2% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
49.7%
89 of 179 rated 7-9
Fair condition
48%
86 of 179 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.2%
4 of 179 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#187 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 179 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 49.7% (89)
Fair 48% (86)
Poor 2.2% (4)
Orange County's Poor-condition bridges carry 14,806 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,702 crossings a day against 18,416 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 179 of 179 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
49.7% of Orange County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
89 of the 179 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 49.7% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 88.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 73/SH 87 NB over COW BAYOU, built 1941, carries 13,049 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 14,806 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Orange County's bridges were built
179 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
18 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
31 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
34 bridges
- 1970s 6
1970–1979
6 bridges
- 1980s 5
1980–1989
5 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
20 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
32 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
24 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Orange County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Orange County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.2% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potter County | 181 | 47.5% | 48.1% | 4.4% | 1984 |
| Jasper County | 179 | 44.7% | 53.1% | 2.2% | 1973 |
| Orange County (this page) | 179 | 49.7% | 48% | 2.2% | 1979 |
| Waller County | 177 | 43.5% | 55.4% | 1.1% | 1987 |
| Anderson County | 176 | 57.4% | 42.6% | 0% | 1978 |
| Atascosa County | 176 | 61.4% | 38.1% | 0.6% | 1970 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Orange County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Orange County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (179 bridges here).
- Graham County, AZ · 179 bridges
- Thomas County, GA · 179 bridges
- Carroll County, IL · 179 bridges
- Fremont County, IA · 179 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1979 here).
- Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
- Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
- Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
- McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (86)
IH 10 EB FR
FairOver: COLE CREEK
2.85 MI W OF SH 62, Orange, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 870
IH 10
FairOver: TERRY GULLY
0.4 MI W OF FM 1132, Orange, TX
Built 1952 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 51,683
IH 10
FairOver: DRAW
0.50 MI E OF FM 1132, Orange, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 53,245
SH 62
FairOver: DRAW
0.65 MI S OF FM 105, Orange, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 16,329
SH 87
FairOver: COONS BAYOU
0.80 MI NE OF SH 62, Orange, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 15,030
SH 12
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.40 MI SW OF NEWTON C/L, Orange, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,967
SH 12
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.70 MI SW OF NEWTON C/L, Orange, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,967
SH 12
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.90 MI NE OF FM 1132, Orange, TX
Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,761
SH 12
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.30 MI SW OF FM 1132, Orange, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 9,995
FM 105
FairOver: COW BAYOU
0.50 MI E OF FM 408, Orange, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,620
FM 2177
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.70 MI N OF FM 1006, Orange, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,382
FM 2177
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.90 MI N OF FM 1006, Orange, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 942
FM 1006
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.6 MI E OF SH 87, Orange, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,493
FM 1130
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
3.50 MI E OF SH 62, Orange, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,555
FM 1442
FairOver: TERRY DITCH
2.1 MI N OF FM 105, Orange, TX
Built 1990 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,597
FM 1136
FairOver: SRA IRRIGATION CANAL
2.30 MI N OF IH 10 FR, Orange, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,607
SH 87
FairOver: ADAMS BAYOU
0.80 MI E OF US 90 BUS, Orange, TX
Built 1943 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20,219
US 90 BUS
FairOver: COOPERS GULLY
1.30 MI S OF IH 10, Orange, TX
Built 1953 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,690
FM 105
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.90 MI E OF SH 62, Orange, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,788
FM 408
FairOver: DRAW
1.20 MI N OF FM 1442, Orange, TX
Built 1928 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,589
LITTLE CYPRESS RD
FairOver: CYPRESS BAYOU
0.20 MI E OF FM 1130, Orange, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 973
BANCROFT RD
FairOver: DRAW
1.15 MI NW OF FM 3247, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 471
TULANE RD
FairOver: SANDY CREEK
0.45 MI W OF SH 62, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,123
OLD HWY 90
FairOver: SANDY CREEK
0.05 MI SE OF IH 10, Orange, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 432
JAP LANE
FairOver: ANDERSON GULLY
0.45 MI E OF FM 105, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 443
TERRY RD
FairOver: TERRY GULLY
1.15 MI E OF FM 1135, Orange, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
BILBO RD
FairOver: DRAW
1.30 MI N OF SH 12, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 49
OLD HWY 62
FairOver: DRAW
0.80 MI S OF FM 1130, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 137
JB ARRINGTON RD
FairOver: SANDY CREEK
0.05 MI S OF TULANE RD, Orange, TX
Built 1995 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 146
3RD ST
FairOver: COOPERS GULLY
0.05 MI N OF BURTON ST, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 675
6TH ST
FairOver: COOPERS GULLY
0.10 MI N OF BURTON ST, Orange, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,180
10TH ST
FairOver: COOPERS GULLY
0.10 MI N OF LINK AVE, Orange, TX
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,331
11TH ST
FairOver: COOPERS GULLY
0.10 MI N OF LINK AVE, Orange, TX
Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 382
37 TH STREET
FairOver: HUDSONS GULLY
0.75 MI S OF LP 358, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,295
CURTIS AVE
FairOver: COOPERS GULLY
0.05 MI W OF LOOP 358, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 104
WEST MAIN AVE
FairOver: ADAMS BAYOU
1.35 MI E OF SH 87, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,448
W TURRET AVE
FairOver: COOPERS GULLY
0.05 MI W OF LOOP 358, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 204
ALAMO STREET
FairOver: DRAIN
0.1 MI W OF FM 105, Orange, TX
Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 854
ORANGE ST
FairOver: ANDERSON GULLY
1.00 MI E OF FM 105, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,286
E RAILROAD ST
FairOver: ANDERSON GULLY
0.65 MI E OF FM 105, Orange, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 659
SARGENT ST
FairOver: ANDERSON GULLY
0.05 MI S OF OLD HWY 90, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,207
DAYTON ST
FairOver: ADAMS BAYOU TRIBUTARY
0.20 MI S OF SOUTH AVE, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,448
WEST MAIN AVE
FairOver: ADAMS BAYOU
1.25 MI E OF SH 87, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,581
WESTERN AVE.
FairOver: ADAMS BAYOU
AT WEST CITY LIMIT, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,562
WEST PARK AVE.
FairOver: ADAMS BAYOU
2.55 M W OF LP 358 INT, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,704
LAKEVIEW CUTOFF
FairOver: TIGER CREEK
0.30 MI W OF FM 105, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,094
SH 87
FairOver: SRA IRRIGATION CANAL
1.20 MI S OF NEWTON C/L, Orange, TX
Built 1950 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 6,567
SH 12
FairOver: COW BAYOU
2.55 MI SW OF SH 62, Orange, TX
Built 1948 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 7,761
IH 10 WB FR
FairOver: COLE CREEK
2.85 MI W OF SH 62, Orange, TX
Built 1960 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 910
SH 87
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
3.20 MI S OF NEWTON C/L, Orange, TX
Built 1950 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 6,752
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